In previous blog Martin asked if we celebrated Australia day

We certainly do on January 26th 1788 the first fleet arrived, since then we have had 2 rebellions and we are still not completey indepedant of Britain




RUM REBELLION

1808 - Rum was so popular, and official currency in such short supply, that for a time it became a semi-official currency (see Rum corps) and even led to a short-lived military coup, the Rum rebellion in 1808. Drunkenness was an enormous problem in the early colony.Rum was so popular, and official currency in such short supply, that for a time it became a semi-official currency (see Rum corps) and even led to a short-lived military coup, the Rum rebellion in 1808. Drunkenness was an enormous problem in the early colony. "Drunkenness was a prevailing vice. Even children were to be seen in the streets intoxicated. On Sundays, men and women might be observed standing round the public-house doors, waiting for the expiration of the hours of public work

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Eureka Stockade
Date
3 December, 1854
Location
Ballarat, Victoria
Result
Miner's rebellion crushed by authorities


Belligerents

Colonial forces
12th Regiment
40th Regiment
Victoria Police Troopers
Stockade insurgents
Commanders
Captain J.W. Thomas
Captain Pasley
Peter Lalor REBEL LEADER FORCES
Strength
276 govenment
~ 120 rebels
Casualties and losses
6 killed
12 wounded
22 killed
The Eureka Stockade the setting of a gold miners' revolt in 1854 near Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, against the officials supervising the mining of gold in the region. The revolt was prompted by grievances over heavily priced mining items, the expense of a Miner's Licence, taxation (via the licence) without representation and the actions of the government and its agents (the police and military).[1][2] While the events which sparked the rebellion were specific to the Ballarat gold fields, the underlying grievances had been the subject of public meetings, civil disobedience and deputations across the various Victorian gold fields for almost three years.[citation needed] The miners' demands included the right to vote and purchase land, and the reduction of License fees. Agitation for these demands commenced with the Forest Creek Monster Meeting of December 1851 and included the formation of the Anti-Gold License Association at nearby Bendigo in 1853. This gave an advantage in our work rights today.
Although swiftly and violently put down, the Eureka rebellion was a watershed event in Australian politics. The preceding three years of agitation for the miners' demands, combined with mass public support in Melbourne for the captured 'rebels' when they were placed on trial, resulted in the introduction of full male suffrage for elections for the lower house in the Victorian parliament.[3]
The role of the Eureka Stockade in generating public support for these demands beyond the goldfields resulted in Eureka being controversially identified with the birth of democracy in Australia.[4][5][
TIME FROM THE FIRST SHOT TILL THE LAST WAS 15 MINUTES